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[–] MBM@lemmings.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I see what you're going for re: automation, but calling this a genocide seems weird to me. Then scaling down cattle farming would also be genocide. There's no horse culture that got eradicated, just less breeding.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They didn't just scale down. Literal tons of horses got slaughtered around the turn of the century and great depression.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

There was also the two world wars to consider in terms of horse deaths. Of course those horses died for a noble cause: helping humans slaughter each other in even larger numbers.

[–] Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I’d love to read more about this if you can point me in the right direction.

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago